Personal Project Review-Health Expo

This was a video about the ONW Health Expo held by the P.E. Department with help from the Foods Department.  During this event, students enrolled in any weights, physical education, or team activities class had the privilege of learning how make healthy decisions throughout life.  I chose this video because I personally believe this was one of my better videos (done with Gabby Thomas as well) out of the ones I've done this semester.

At the beginning of this project, Gabby and I created questions for our interviewees to answer that would help us create our story.  During actual filming we had 50 minutes to film B-Roll and get interviews which was a little stressful but worked out alright in the end.  Our plan for getting B-Roll was just to make sure we got plenty of variety with wide, close-up, and medium shots.  We also wanted to be sure that all shots we used were interesting and that something was always happening within those shots so the viewers wouldn't get bored.

While this video was one of our better ones footage wise, I believe the set up of the actual video could've been put together better.  During our first interview, it went from interview to B-Roll then back to interview and on and on.  I would've liked to have made the B-Roll shots longer and same with the interview so it wouldn't have seemed so repetitive. Also, because I'm so short, it's hard to get the person we're interviewing on eye level, especially when you're in the moment.  In the future I will make sure to have them be in the correct Rule of Thirds and also at eye level with the camera so it doesn't look as though they are looking down on the camera.

Overall however, I am very proud of this video and all the videos that I have done (with Gabby on some) and am looking forward to seeing what I can accomplish next semester in Convergence.